Named after a forest at the edge of the desert.
Had scientists been consulted, it would not have been planted there.
Yatir Forest in three numbers
- 4,000,000+
trees planted
- 2000
the year a research tower was set up in the forest
- 300
mm of rain a year, or less
Why the name
In sparser plots, trees grew faster.
A small team of specialists, working in parallel.
Since 2000, a tower has measured what trees and air exchange.
Yatir says done only with proof.